So today I was leaving the Skilled Nursing Facility where I've been doing speech therapy for my internship, and I hear some Kanye West in the background as I pass the therapy gym (rap, for those of you who are unfamiliar!). So, seeing as I work with the geriatric population in this facility, Kanye is not something I hear very often... so I turned around to go check it out. I see the PT (physical therapist) and OT (occupational therapist) working with pts (patients). One pt is sitting in his wheelchair dancing with his mobile arm, doing like an ocean wave type thing and saying "wow!". He apparently really likes Kanye. Another pt who speaks barely any English is just watching- and then he starts cracking up (which is rare for him). He starts to say "wow" and tried to dance with his arm too- with not as much luck because he has partial paralysis. I do have to say that it was one of the best dance parties I have ever been to- I haven't had so much fun in a long, long time! Who knew that Kayne's "Stronger" was so therapeutic??
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